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FERDINAND BERTHOUD (1727-1807)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BERTHOUD (1727-1807)  , Swiss chronometer-maker, was
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born at Plancemont,
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Neuchatel, in 1727, and settling in
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Paris in 1745 gained a
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great reputation for the excellence and accuracy of his chronometers . He was a member of the
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Institute and a
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fellow of the Royal Society of
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London, and among other
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works wrote Essais sur l'horlogerie (1763) . He died in 1807 at
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Montmorency,
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Seine et
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Oise . He was succeeded in business by his
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nephew,
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Louis
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Berthoud (1759-1813) .

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